Joseph Al Ahmad. Actor: Above the Clouds. Joseph Al Ahmad is a multilingual and biracial actor and director. His mother, an author, is of mixed Nubian-Sudanese and Bulgarian origin, and his father, a professor, is from Syria. Joseph grew up speaking four languages and is fluent in English, Bulgarian, Russian, and Levantine Arabic. He is the youngest grandson of writer and poet Vanya Petkova. After graduating from the National High School...